Not able to get all the FREE channels in your town?
There are several factors that may contribute to a poor or weak signal, resulting in the inability to receive a channel. To start, unlike pre-2009 analog broadcasts, today’s broadcasts are all digital. Problems such as snowing and ghosting does not occur with a digital signal. You either receive a channel or don’t. Keeping that in mind, read further to develop a better understanding of your town’s broadcast television landscape.
Transmitter Towers
The majority of channels broadcast from the mountaintops that surround your town. In Fresno, our friends at FreeTVFresno.Com have put together a printable map that will help you figure out where your antenna should be pointed. You can also use AntennaWeb.Org’s interactive online service. You may find that the answer to your problems may simply involve rotating your antenna.
VIEW MAP HERE | VISIT ANTENNAWEB.ORG
Outdoor Antenna vs. Indoor Antenna
While national retailers and ‘As Seen on TV’ advertisers may fill the air waves with ads for ‘easy-to-use indoor antennas’, Ventura Broadcasting Company’s team of engineers and television industry experts have found through their extensive research and testing that in order to receive the maximum number of channels in your area, an outdoor antenna is the ideal choice.
Depending on where you live, an indoor antenna may work, but you’ll most likely be missing on out on many channels. Unfortunately, for some viewers, an indoor antenna may be the only choice due to apartment complex or housing community restrictions. We recommend that you consult with your housing management regarding the installation and use of an outdoor antenna.
Outlying Regions of any Television Broadcast signal.
For viewers that are on the outer edge of any television broadcast area, you are not out of luck. With today’s wide variety of antenna types and signal boosters, we are hearing of viewers receiving our broadcasts from further and further away.
Visit FreeTVFresno.Com or call (800) 717-1306 to learn more.
